diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f7113547c9..52b9420327 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ openstacksdk
 os-client-config!=1.6.2,>=1.4.0
 oslo.config>=2.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils!=3.1.0,>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-glanceclient>=0.18.0
 python-keystoneclient!=1.8.0,>=1.6.0
 python-novaclient!=2.33.0,>=2.29.0